Date : 31/12/2007
BAGHDAD, Dec 31 (KUNA) -- Members of the paramilitary Awakening Council of
Al-A'zhamiya arrested three persons of Iranian nationality and handed them to
the US forces, commander of the council Colonel Riyadh Al-Samerra'e said
Monday.
The suspects were carrying rigged Iraqi identity cards, Al-Samerra'e told
KUNA, noting that the Multi-National Forces in Iraq, Baghdad Command, will
investigate the case.
The detainees have links with Lebanese Hezbollah group and were trained
militarily in Iran, he added.
Meanwhile, militants belonging to Al-Qeada Organization in Iraq killed
eight persons and injured dozens of others in separate attacks across Iraq
Monday.
The gunmen attacked three police stations in Al-Khales town, Diala
governorate, north Baghdad.
Two persons including an awakening council militiaman and a policeman were
killed and three others including a captain were injured in the attacks, a
security source told KUNA.
Three other persons were killed and ten others were injured in a separate
attack in Deli Abbas town, north Baaqoba governorate.
Suspected Al-Qaeda militants killed three persons in an attack against Tal
Al-Zahab town, Salah-Eddin governorate, north Baghdad, the source added.
The attacks came 24 hours after Al-Qeada leader Osama Bin-Laden warned the
Iraqi Sunnis against joining the pro-government awakening councils. (end)
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